Members' Spotlight

• PGA Executive Committee Member Dr. Bernadette Lahai, MP comments on new SALW legislation in Sierra Leone
• ICC Review Conference & the Crime of Aggression Dr Kennedy Graham
• Felipe Michelini y la Corte Penal Internacional
  
• PGA Treasurer Mr. MJ Nolan TD leads Parliamentary Committee on visit to new energy efficient power plant in Ireland
• New Zealand - PGA Executive Committee Member to attend Small Arms Conference in NY
• The Role of Justice in the Peace Process - implementing the Rome Statute of the ICC in the DRC
  
• PGA Article in the Swiss journal TRIAL on "The Role of Justice in the Peace-Process - Implementing the Rome Statute of the ICC in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  
• PGA Executive Committee Member Minou Tavarez seeks to ensure gender equality electoral quotas in Dominican Republic (in Spanish)
• PGA Member Senator Raynell Andreychuk (Canada) speaks on Ukrainian elections
  
• International Position for MP Ross Robertson
  
• Government of Canada Announces Senator Raynell Andreychuk Chief of Election Observer Mission to Ukraine
  
• PGA Executive Committee Member Minou Tavarez Mirabal Receives Prestigious Award
• Liberia - PGA Members Senator Franklin Siakor and Hon. Bhofa Chambers honored as Legislators of the Year
  
• SG of PGA featured in "Women's Media Center" Bryn Mawr Now
• Ms. Lucky Sherpa MP, Treasurer of PGA National Group Nepal comments on climate change in Nepal
• Nepal/Denmark - Former Chair of PGA National Group Nepal, Pashupati Rana, attends Copenhagen COP15 meetings
  
• COP 15/Denmark/Copenhagen - Human stories make global warming real (includes Interview with PGA President Senator Bassey Ewa-Henshaw)
• Coverage of PGA Annual Forum in Korea
  
• Nigeria - PGA President Senator Bassey Ewa Henshaw, Chair of Water Resources Committee, requested to investigate management of dams in Nigeria
• New Zealand - PGA Executive Committee Member Ross Robertson speaks up for senior citizens
  
• White Paper Condems the Repression of Political Freedoms in Singapore - featuring DDA recipient Dr. Chee Soon Juan
  
• PGA Turkish member Özlem TÜRKÖNE: shares post PGA Forum observations
• Aitzaz deplores Dogar's campaign against judiciary
  
• New Zealand - Former PGA Secretary General Dr. Kennedy Graham, MP introduces International Non-Aggression and Lawful Use of Force Bill: Interview
  
• PGA DRC National Group condemns the African Union resolution of 3 July, 2009, calling his members to withhold cooperation from the ICC in the arrest and surrender of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir - French
  
• PGA DRC National Group calls on the government of the DRC to express its unconditional support for the ICC - French
• PGA member Yasmeen Rehman tables bill against domestic violence
• FIDH and PGA interviewed for the Latin America section of Radio Nederlands Worldwide
  
• Argentina - PGA Executive Committee Member Senator Marita Perceval introduces new draft legislation regulating criminal law applicable to juveniles under the age of 18 (in Spanish)
  
• Nigeria- PGA President Senator Henshaw sponsors proposed legislation makingresolutions binding on the Executive Arm of government
• Argentina - PGA International Law Programme Convenor Senator Perceval serves on Committee which is facilitating new prosecutions for Crimes against Humanity in Argentina
  
• SG of PGA featured in "Women's Media Center" Bryn Mawr Now
  
• SG of PGA "very pleased" by outcome of Kuwaiti Parliamentary elections
  
• Rep. Donald Payne: Somalia: A trip fraught with risk to a nation in need
  
• Shazia Z. Rafi: New U.S. Poilicy in AfPak: Looking for Mr. Moderate Taliban
  
• PGA Member Minou Tavarez Mirabal (Dominican Republic) speaks out on need for greater accepatance of equality of women and on the issue of violence against women (in Spanish)
  
• PGA Member Ross Robertson participates in GOPAC meeting in London on parliamentary ethics
  
• PGA Executive Committee Member Senator Marita Perceval plays instrumental role in new legislation in Argentina protecting women from violence (in Spanish)
  
• PGA Nepal - PM appeals NGOs to work with government
  
• PGA Indonesia - House cannot wait for deliberation of humanitarian bill
• Mikhail Grishankov: "The issue on weapons can be discussed with Azerbaijan"
• Shazia Z. Rafi: Turning the Tide Against the Taliban
• EU Climate bill ushers in hard year of talks

• Dominican Republic - PGA Member Dip Minou Tavarez Mirabal participates in inauguration of Memorial dedicated to family members (in Spanish)

• PGA DRC National Group Press Release(in French)

• PGA International Council Member, Yoriko Kawaguchi (Japan) involved in new international body for nuclear disarmament
• EU lawmaker and PGA International Council Member, Lena Ek MEP (Sweden), demands shipping emissions trade
• PGA Executive Committee Member, Senator Alain Destexhe (Belgium) speaks out on need for new requirements for Medical Studies in Belgium
• PGA Executive Committee Member & Convenor of PGA's International Law and Human Rights Programme, Senator Marita Perceval (Argentina) presents draft law on reform of juvenile laws (in Spanish)
• PGA Executive Committee Member Minou Tavares Mirabal (Dominican Republic), Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, sees recommendations of Committee for ratification of 10 International Conventions/Protocols adopted by Parliament (in Spanish)
• Zimbabwe - Interview with PGA Member David Coltart on current situation in Zimbabwe
• Nigeria - PGA President Senator Henshaw continues to speak out on issue of Bakassi Peninsula
• Belgium - PGA Executive Committee Member Senator AlainDestexhe suggests recourse to international mediation to solve Belgian crisis (in French)
• Dr. E.M.S. Natchiappan, MP (India): India must join International Criminal Court: expert
• Hon. Naveed Qamar, Minister for Privatisation & Investment & Ports & Shipping (Pakistan):
• Budget for 2008-09 Fiscal Year to be presented today: Salaries, pensions likely to be increased
• Hon. Nimal Siripala De Silva, Minister for Healthcare and Nutrition (Sri Lanka): Sri Lanka - Health Minister new WHO Chairman

Press Releases/Statements

2010

• June 22, 2010: PGA Statement on 11th Report of the ICC Prosecutor to the UN Security Council on the Situation in Darfur, Sudan
  
• May 28, 2010: 6th Parliamentary Assembly of Parliamentarians on the ICC and the Rule of Law concludes in Kampala, Uganda
  
• March 21, 2010: Bangladesh becomes the 111th State Party to the Rome Statute of the ICC

• December 10, 2009: Global Parliamentary Network calls for full support of the ICC and the fight against impunity in the Great Lakes and Central African Regions
• July 21, 2009: Czech Republic Becomes 110th State Party to The Rome Statute of the ICC
• June 29, 2009: Chile becomes the 109th State Party to the Rome Statute
• May 18, 2009: PGA Welcomes Voluntary Surrender of Darfurian Rebel Leader to the ICC
  
• March 4, 2009: Pre-Trial Chamber Issues the First ICC Arrest Warrant Against the President of Sudan
  
• February 18, 2009: Parliamentarians Urge the Indonesian Government to Transmit to Parliament the ICC Accession Bill as Early as Possible

• June 25, 2008: Statement of Parliamentarians for Global Action On the Situation in Zimbabwe
• May 27, 2008: PGA Welcomes the Arrest of Jean-Pierre Bemba
• January 28, 2008: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopts innovative pro-ICC Resolution

• December 5, 2007: Parliamentarians Urge the UN Security Council to Take Action to End Impunity in Darfur
  
• March 28, 2007: PGA Congratulates the Yemen Parliament and Looks Forward to Yemen Swiftly Becoming the 105th State Party to the Rome Statute of the ICC

• November 7, 2006: Chad Joins the ICC as its 104th State Party
• August 28, 2006: St. Kitts and Nevis Joins the ICC as its 102nd State Party
• August 28, 2006: The Comoros Joins the ICC as its 101st State Party

• June 21, 2005: Mexico Poised to Become 100th State Party to the ICC